Vehicle-recorder.



No. 811,015. PATENTED JAN. 80, 1906 J. T. WHALEN.

VEHICLE RECORDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 27, 1905.

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No. 811,015. PATENTED JAN. 30, 1906v J. '1. WHALEN.

VEHICLE RECORDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAI27, 1905 *1 SHEETS-SHEET 2,

J. T. WHALBN.

VEHICLE RECORDER.

APPL IOATION FILED MAY27, 1905.

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PATENTED JAN. 30', 1906.

2O on which the divisions'of-time are marked in track, taken on the line r or secured thereto in any other suitable man- IS a view of the time-disk, tal en on the line the cam for actuating Insaid figures case containing the mechanism, which case STATEd PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN T. WHALEN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK. VEHICLE-RECORDER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed May 27,1905. Serial No. 282,69

No. 811,015. r'atented Jan. 30, 1906.

ner, and 3 indicates the removable front cover, which may also be held in place by screwing or otherwise. Means for locking said covrs 2 and 3 in place to prevent their unauthorized removal may be provided-- such, for example, as the bar I, entered in slots 2 3 in the back and front covers, respectively, and said bar being slotted and adapted to pass over a staple, as 4, which is adapted to receive a lock, as 4".

Supported from a frame, as 5, within the case isa train of time mechanism, actuated by a mainspring, as 6, and of ordinary character, the squared shaft 7 being adapted to be rotated thereby at the rate of one revolution per hour. This squared shaft carries a slidable sleeve, as 8, from whose outer end extends radial arm 9, which carries a slide 10, having a traveler 11 in the form of a wheel, and an indicator 12 in the form of a sharp-pointed instrument. A disk, as 13, having a convolute depression 14 at one side, is disposed and secured within the case in manner to permit the wheel 11 to travel in said convolute depression, as within a way or guide. A re.- movable disk 15, as of paper, and radially marked to indicate divisions of time, is fitted within the cover 3 in position to be pierced or marked by thepointer 12. Said disk 15 is also marked with a series of concentric convolute circles corresponding with the convolute depression on the disk 13 and respectively marked to denote successive hours.

It is desirable that the sleeve 8 shall periodically move outwardly upon the shaft 7 and be automatically retracted after each outward movement. This is to enable the pointer 12 to mark the disk 15 to register the time during which the vehicle is in motion and the speed of itstravel. To this end said sleeve 8 is provided with a hub 16, againstzwhich a spring 17 presses to hold said sleeve normally retracted. The opposite side of said hub 16 is given a curved contour and is located in the path of a cam 18, that is loose upon ashaft 19, but adapted to be turned by the rotation of said shaft through the medium of a pin or lug 19, projecting from said shaft and arranged to meet a shoulder or extension 20 of said cam. The shaft 19 carries and is rotated by a gear-wheel 21, which is in mesh with a pinion 22, that is fast upon a shaft 23, (which may be flexible or rigid,) said shaft also carrying a star-wheel, as 24, or like contrivance,

To (all w/wm u, "my concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN T. WHALEN, a subject of the King of England, and a resident of the borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicle-Recorders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to recording instruments for use on vehicles to indicate the distance traveled in a given time, the speed of travel, and the time and duration of stops.

, My invention is adapted for use with either Horse-drawn vehicles or motor-cars, and is I mainly intended for employment with delivery-wagons to serve as a check upon the drivers and topromote their faithful performance of their duties.

In brief, my invention comprises an ordinary clock having a reversed removable dial convolute form. The minute-hand carries a slidable pointer or marker, whichis caused to traverse a corresponding convolute way or track, and mechanism operated through the motion of a wheel of the vehicle actuates said pointer or marker once in a given number of revolutions of the vehicle-wheel to create an indication upon the time-dial and record the time of its occurrence.

In the drawings accompanying this'application, Figure 1 is a vertical elevation of my apparatus. Fig.2'is a vertical side section thereof. Fig. 3 i'sa front view with the face removed, taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a. front'view of the convolute way or 4 4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5

5 5 of Fig. 2; Fig. 6 is an en arged'detail of the indicator. Fig. 7 isa top plan detail view of the slide-block, guide-wheel, and marker. Fig. 8 is a front elevation qlf i'ny' apparatus, the front cover being removed, showing auxiliary mechanism for actuating visual and audible distance-indicators. Fig. 9"isadetail of the bell employed, and Fig. 10 is a detail of the visual indicaton;

thenumeral 1 indicates the may-be cylindrical, as shown, or of other conformation. 2 indicates the removable back, I which may be screwed into the case, as seen, I l

c tpable of being sir -cit and moved by ectuatoflnot shown) with every revolution a vebicie-wbeel in the manner of a cyclometer.

When the vehicle-wheel has rotated a certain number of times, representing a given distance traveled by the vehicle, the starwbeel 24 will have been struck with corresponding "frequency to turn the gearwvheel 21 and shaft 19 one corn plete revolution, which movement, communicated to the cam 18, causes it to move the sleeve and impinge the pointer once the disk Bethe cam 18 is ioose upon shaft 1% it will medietely after moving the sleeve out 1 be one of the path of the bob ,5 toe exerted by the tinst bob it? and said the sleeve aiereby being retracted eutcn id expeditiously.

As will be evident from the foregoing general 'tion and from inspection the drawings, the errn 9 will ms '2. conii lete rev elation on e in every beer, the siide i mov ing inwardly upon said-arm the wbeel 11 travels oonvoiuteiy in the groove or way it, and the pointer 12 will accordingly be brought into position to mark succeeding circles of the convolute series. Since a. given number of ricks produced on the disir 15 by the pointer 22 wiil indicate the distance traveled by the vehicle, it toilows that 5:. reading of the period time occupied in the production of that number priclre will determine the speed with which the vehicle had traversed that particular distance. vehicle be at rest for a certain period of time, no marks will be made by the noin r Il. ii if during such term of is not then onerati 7 again set in motion ti will resume its functions indicating and cording thereby the time the termination of the stop and. of the beginning of the new travel.

The arm 9, which is actuated by the timetrain in the mannerof the minntshand of a clock, serves a siidcway for the slide 20. its form being of a character to minimize frictional resistance, and thus not impede its circular motion. To this end said arm may cornprisc the two parullci bars or rods 9 9, (clearly SllDWli in Figs. i and 5.) while the slide 10 con-- sists a block having grooves l0". 10 in its opposite sides, whereby it ie slidingiy titted l lFltl'S. Siidnbly titted within a slot n the bloc" is bar or rod 1i.

as at one end the whee secured to the block "iSi'; the opposite end of s u i ntain the wheel 11 in position within toe groove lei, thus overcoming the tendency said wheel to leave said groove when the sleeve 8 is moved outwardly through the cam action previously described. other words, wluic the pointer 12 is being moved toward the disk 15 the? spring 11" the bar or rod 11" with wheel 11 toward the disk 13. this being essential to preserve the relative positions of the several members.

I may place within the front cover 3 a soft packing or cushion 25, as of felt, to serve as.

cated to suit the convenience of the user. As

sunning a disk, as represented in Fig. 5., to employed and the turns marked to indicate the hours of the day from nine a. m., then the pointer 12 should be set at that point at a. in. if that be the time when the vebicie put in commission for the day. Supposing tbe time of starting out to be 12.15 p. nn, then the arm 9 should be turned by hand urn til tire pointer 12 is upon the star indicated on the turn extending from the number 12 on the dial-r. that being at a point ninety-liv'c degrees from the radial starting-line. and hence indicating a period of fifteen minute; after the hour. The pointer 12 will produce a series of pricks or perforations in the dial; iollowin theconvolute line thereon, the mun bcr of such pricks or perforations within any given period represented between the first and last thereof indicating the distance traveled, the same being determined by the diameter of the actuating vehicle-wheel and the numher of revolutions thereof requisite to revolve the gear-wheel 21 and actuate the cam 18.

A new disk should be placed by the employer within the case and the latter locked before each days run and removed by him at the end thereof. It atfordahim a record of the vchicles'performanco during.theday,-and thus enables him to verify his drivers report. The disk 13, whose convolute depression-or way enables the pointer 12 to follow the con volute marking upon disk 15. is provided with acentral concentric groove 27, continued from the inner turn of the convolute groove, the purpose whereof ie' to allqyvnthe wheel 11 to circle around tbereinwithout leaving the 1 track should the slide 10 not be reset after ,9, audit) and are as follows: The shaft 23,

loyed, I change the form of the pointer or marker 12 to render it capable of producing different indications according to its actuation i jbylth e cams 18 or 32-. inoreshorter pointers, as 33, ranging them in avertical line with pointer 12 and extending from v the same support; but whereas the flpointer 12 pierces ormarks the disk under theimpulseemanating from cam 18 the pointers 33 in this action fail to reach said disk, be-

; cause they arc ofinsuliicient length.

thus produced ,causes the shorter pointers wen, as the pointer perforations in a vertical line. Ldo not intend as arbitrary this particular form Li ng in single pricks or perforations. The Team 32 may .be set to actuate the triple point- 11ers, say, f inile, and

lit will be. only 1 ermg each particular stretch. 39, whichmay extend outside the casing, may

be adapted to actuate a bell chronism with themarkingof thedisk by the 1 triple pointers at the f nary hell or gong mechanism may i or this purpose,

and a lug or Ii ranged to trip said chronously with the actuation of sleeve 8 by cam 32.

,compute his rate ola're that what ft l'fi/lti having a primemover and a shaft ro tated thereby,'.a stationary record-disk having which darries'the pinion 22, is lengthened (see. Fig. 8) and carries another smaller pinion ,.28, which meshes with a gear-wheel 29, that is of: greater diameter than the gear-wheel 21. Thesbaft 30, which carries-gear 29, may he i l axialalincment with the journaled in a common hearing, as 31, with I thelatter. Said shaft 8 32, 61" relatively-greater size than cam 18; i liut like it adapted to bear against the hub ll; to move the'sleevc 8 outwardly. i auxiliary cam 32'and its mechanism are emcam-shaft l5) and also carries av cam Where the -'Ihus i add one or When the larger cam 32, however, impels the sleeve 8 forwardly, the greater range of movement 12-, to penetrate the with aseries of three Of course i isk, thereby marking it marking, but mean it as an example disin guishahle from the ordinary form of markat every quarter-mile, half-mile, or consequently in reading thedisk if) necessary to note the triple pricks or perforations to ascertain the distance traveled and the time occupied in cov- The camshaft or gong in syncompletion of a given distance traveled by the vehicle. Any ordibe employed v that shown being a bell, as 34, secured to the side of the case 1, a springheld tongue or clapper 35, pivotally supported,

finger tongue or clapper syn- In this manner an audihlesignal will indicate to the-driver the distance traveled, whereby with the aid of a timepiece he can of speed while driving and ithout PGfGll'lLlL, to the recording apparatus. Having now described my invention, 1 de- .l claim .1. In vehicle recording apparatus, a time divisionsof time indicated thereon in convo- 36 upon the shaft 30, ar-

fltate con vol utely proximityto lute form, a. marker, means actuated by said I shaft to rotatesaid marker. means imparting with means imparting, convolutc movement to said marker in its rotation.

3. in vehicle lUCOltlHl}! a 'iparatns, a timetram having a prime motor and a shaft ro- I tated thereby, a stationary record-disk having; divisions of time indicated thereon in convolute form, a slidalile extension for said shaft, a radial arm carried by said extension and amarker extending from said arm, together with means imparting convolute movement to said marker in its rotation, and means controlled by the movement of the vehicle for intermittentlymoving said marker toward said disk.

4. in vehicle recording apparatus, a timetrain having a prime mover and a shaft rotaled able upon said shaft, an arm extending radially from said sleeve,a slide upon said arm, carrying on opposite sides a pointer and a wheel, a. disk having a convolute groove or way to receive said wheel, a disk having (ii,- visions of time marked thereon in convolute l'orm, means controlled by the movement of the vehicle to intermittently impel said pointer against said disk, means retracting said pointer, and means retaining the wheel within its groove or way during the impulses of the pointer.

in vehicle recording apparatus, a recorddisk having divisions of time indicated thereon in' convolute form, a marker adapted to rotate convolutely in proximity to said disk, at time-train to actuate said marker, a cam to move said marker intermittently against said i disk, to registerindications thereon, and means communicating motion from a wheel of the vehicle to said marker.

6. 1n vehicle recording apparatus, a recorddisk having divisions of time indicated thereon in convolute form, a marker adapted to roin proximity to said disk, 9. time-train to actuate said marker, a cam to move'said markerintermittently against said disk, to register indications thereon, means retracting said markcr,and means communicating motion from a wheel of the vehicle to said cam.

7. In vehicle recording apparatus, a recorddisk, a duplex marker adapted to rotate in said disk, separate cams adapted to move said marker intermittently against said disk in manner to register different indieon, anti means oomznuni a whee: of vehicle to ng thee i'espective y to actuate the er at the completion of set less and greater distances tieveiezi.

8. In vehieie *ecoz'tiing apparatus, recorddisk having divisions of time indicated thereon in convolute form, n marker adapted to 1'0- tete oonvoiuteiy in proximity to said disk, :1 time-train actuate said marker, cum to ither intermitten 1;, against said to reg: 4 an euilihie signal device means upon own-shaft to intermittently act rite said mi uns communicating motion from iii-shaft.

es, 1: senord= mete t thei er indications; thereon, $33111- casin 1 n in convohite form, a marker adapted to rotnte eonvoluteiy in proximity to said disk, a time-train to actuate said marker, a camshaft, means communicating motion from a whee: of the vehicle to said cam-shaft, a cam loose upon said cam-shaft to move said marker intermittently against said disk, means upon said camshaft to rotate the cam therewith and tensionnl means for moving the can) at the end of the marker movement in advance of the rotation of the earn-shaft.

Signed at New York this 24th dayof May, 1905.

JGHN T. NHALRN. 

